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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2901657, member: 80783&quot;]I just got me a copy of the catalogue to the Guelma hoard, which included 7.486 Sestertii buried in Algeria during the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus. </p><p>It shows that Sestertii of all emperors, even those issued by Augustus, continued to be in circulation at least until the late 250s without being stamped. </p><p>Three quarters of the coins included were struck after the time of Commodus, so there might have been some hoarding of the earlier, heftier pieces.</p><p>The inclusion of rarities such as Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Macrinus and Diadumenianus, and the Gordiani Africani however seems to prove that those were not collected as one might expect but remained in circulation as well.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So my Pertinax obviously achieved it´s wear by 60 years of constant use as small change in the pockets of Romans. Nevertheless, according to Sear, it retains &quot;a pleasing portrait of this short-lived emperor&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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